After our discussion in class today about the seven lesson schoolteacher, I have revised my opinion. In the beginning I believed that Gatto was doing a good thing teaching his students lessons about life, but as the discussion went on I began to believe that Gatto was a heartless teacher who didn't care about his students or what they did. During the discussion we were told that maybe Gatto isn't a heartless teacher, maybe he is just being sarcastic about all of his lessons. Maybe he was just sarcastic because that is how he feels about the education system, or about his students, such as when he talks about the bell ringing at the end of class and all of his students drop what they are doing to leave. Maybe thats what they are doing, which is making Gatto annoyed. I really like what he is saying now that I understand what he means.
Posted by Kayla Lukacs at September 21, 2004 11:57 AM